This is a knife:
Posted on 02/18/2018 2:22:48 AM PST by vannrox
The social emasculation of men has given us Sweden and Norway, yes they were once Vikings!
I’ve carried a decent knife, typically a Spyderco Delica, clipped to my pocket for about 20 years. Before then I usually carried a small Swiss Army knife suitable for opening a box or cleaning your fingernails, but not much else. Then the pocket folder impinged on my consciousness, and I realized it expanded my concealed carry game, and I’ve been there ever since.
If I deploy it, typically to open a box, and horrified blissninnies ask WHY DO YOU HAVE THAT!? I answer “I have Amazon Prime” and that mollifies them.
At this point, I feel naked without it. Hate it when we do a weekend trip with carryon luggage only, and I don’t have one with me. That missing piece of kit really bugs me.
I carry a Benchmade Triage my son bought me years ago. It has become a part of me, I miss it as soon as I’m not carrying it. I prefer to carry it in a belt holster next to my trusty Streamlight. You would be surprised how often each day a good knife and flashlight come in handy.
I’ve carried an old Buck tool for the last 25 years. Made in America. Won’t leave home without it.
“At this point, I feel naked without it. Hate it when we do a weekend trip with carryon luggage only, and I don’t have one with me. That missing piece of kit really bugs me”
Yah, I think the “no knife rule” in carry on or person has a lot to do with the demise of men carrying a pocket knife. I know it did with me. After graduating from college I went to work for a major corporation and soon began flying regularly in the course of my job. So, not wanting to worry about inadvertently having a knife on me I quit packing. But, I do have several pocket and fold-backs of which some are kept in a bowl on my dresser along with several other misc objects that finds their way into my pockets. Anyway, now that I’m retired and rarely fly anymore I find myself dropping a knife in my pocket more often. I also keep three or folders in my pickup for various folders. Interestingly, awhile back I gave my twin adult daughters each a Swiss knife (a modest one with just most frequent needed features). They are both hikers and campers outdoorsy types. And, they tell me that often they are the only person in the group who has a knife on them - which makes them stars of the group. Btw, for first timers who are interest in getting buying a knife; suggest you go on line and read up on your state and city knife laws. If you think gun laws are quirky wait till you start reading up on knife laws, they’re bazzare. Fortunate, my state, Texas, finally at long last passed new legislation that finally cleaned up our knife laws a bunch.
I get the same reaction from my Zero Tolerance 350. My edc is the Benchmade axis flipper.
I always carry 2: one a leather-man tool with razor sharp blade and pliers, the other an NRA folder wooden scales stainless , brass lined with a 4 inch blade, also razor sharp.
They are indispensable on our farm.
If you are looking for decent work knives at fair prices I recommend three sites:
1) Smoky Mountain Knife works: https://www.smkw.com/
2) BudK: http://www.budk.com
3) Atlanta Cutlery: https://www.atlantacutlery.com/
It is getting a bit salty looking now, as is its owner.
Mr. niteowl77
Notice how he’s carrying that. Edge up, index finger over the guard. That’s Jim Bowie’s fighting style, and he once killed 3 people in a knife fight that way. But although this style of knife is called a Bowie, it’s not really known what his knife actually looked like. But it was big, and not made of modern 440C.
My old faithful Buck 110 knife has been at my side for 35 years. I have worn out three scabbards with it. On more formal occasions, I carry a small pocket knife...
We are country folks and I probably use the knife at least 5 times a day...
I have a Smith & Wesson M&P (assisted opening) which used be illegal in NY as it was considered a ‘switchblade’ a 3.5” partially serrated blade, I keep it VERY sharp and I don’t go anywhere without it.
Is it a weapon? It could do lots of damage, but I only use it as a tool...
I too, have 2 Spydercos. Can’t beat them for the price I paid...
I stopped carrying after 9/11 because I didn’t want to forget to leave it at home while flying.
But flying became such a royal pita, that I purposely have chosen jobs that don’t require it. With rare exceptions, if I can’t drive, I don’t go.
Now I carry daily and it’s a rare day when I don’t use it at least once, usually to open a box or some stupid packaging.
My wife got me a little locking Kershaw. It’s small enough that it doesn’t scare the meek, but I can do plenty with it. If it’s not big enough, I probably ought to get a better tool than a pocket knife anyway.
I forget my phone a lot, but never my knife. Or gun.
Had it for ages - almost lost it to TSA a few years back. Left it in my laptop bag - agent found it and told me to hurry back out while he called the baggage guys and had them pull my checked bag for me so I could toss it in then come back through.
So there are actually a few good TSA folk.
I have long said that the most reliable way to distinguish humans from baboons is that a human always carries a knife and a way to make fire.
I carry a small Swiss Army knife also. I forgot about it and found it in my pocket in the TSA line. I tossed it in the small bowl with my pocket change and keys and sent it through the metal detector and picked it up on the other side. TSA must have missed it.
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